Agreed. I would argue that his forehand is actually extremely high level and his backhand is adequate. Just not powerful. But his spin level is tremendous especially on forehand.
I agree his FH is better than his BH. I just don’t think it’s his “lethal weapon”, like how Xiang Peng has his FH as his lethal weapon to compensate for his nonexistent BH
It looks like that because it isn't extremely powerful on most shots but if you take a slightly different perspective and look at where his points come from, you might see it differently. Qiu Dang wins a lot of points of blocks and backhand counters, but Chen actually likes to open over the table with his forehand more than his backhand.
Nah, it was mostly about the luck of the draw of facing Togami... he has beaten the players he is usually supposed to beat and for familiarity reasons, it is even harder against Togami. Those of us who are higher rated than our opponents who sometimes beat us with high risk styles know this...
Not getting bogged down by Matsushima like he was in Doha and Ljubljana is a big factor, whether from the perspective of Tieba users who call him 贅空/Sora the drag/son-in-law Sora or end results.
